Find the latest issue of The Crafty Librarian, the newsletter of the American Craft Council Library & Archives, at the ACC website:

https://www.craftcouncil.org/library-archives/newsletter

Issue 12 highlights resources to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, niche magazines, and remembrances of two prominant ceramic artists.

Hi folks,

It was great to see many of you (and new faces) at our meeting last week! If you couldn’t make it, take a look at our August 2023 meeting notes – feel free to comment if you have corrections or additions. I’m delighted to announce that Fong Ku at Alberta University of the Arts is our new vice moderator!

We are also working on a Draft:…[Read more]

Extraordinary Ordinary Things

The Decorative Arts, Craft and Design SIG seeks to offer a SIG-sponsored conference proposal for the 2024 ARLIS/NA conference in Pittsburgh.  At the Summer SIG meeting this week we came up with this idea for a panel session with Tracy Meserve as the moderator:

The Carnegie Art Museum in Pittsburgh has a significant…[Read more]

Hello!

Nice to see some of you at the SIG meeting today.

Here is the link to the Styling Miss Piggy: A Conversation with Creator Bonnie Erickson and Costumers Polly Smith and Calista Hendrickson program from the Maryland Center for History and Culture. The moderator was Vicky Pass, a fashion historian who teaches at…[Read more]

I’m a Research and Instruction librarian at College for Creative Studies, in Detroit, MI. Recently our library has added a PS5 and a small collection of video games to our collection. We’ve developed this collection with our Motion Design and Video Game Design students in mind and I’m beginning to brainstorm ways that I could approach…[Read more]

This is a gentle reminder to RSVP for the Decorative Arts, Craft and Design SIG Meeting which will be held on Wednesday, August 23 at 11am Pacific, 2pm Eastern via Zoom.

Please RSVP via this Google form by the end of the day Monday, Aug. 21.

https://forms.gle/fsJp1EuezS6MHT6D8

The Zoom link and agenda will be sent out the day before the meeti…[Read more]

Hello,
I’m interested in adding some altered books to our book arts collection, and wonder if people can share sources with me (sellers or artists). I have in the past seen nice examples on Etsy but on my recent review there were not a lot that seemed appropriate. I’d like t0 find ones that are sculptural and expertly crafted.

Thank you!

WHAT WOULD MORRIS DO? TEXTILE USE AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Tracy Meserve as a member of the William Morris Society in the United States is seeking proposals for the panel session “What Would William Morris Do?  Textile Use and Sustainability for the 21st Century” to be presented in person at the College Art Association conference,…[Read more]